According to the United States Post office web site, [usps.com/who-we-are/postal-history/women-postmasters.pdf] there were two women, Lydia Hill and Molly Gill who worked as Postmasters throughout the mid 1700s in Massachusetts.
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Born 1882 in Alabama
Died 1983
Artist and Activist. Along with several other women
founded the Equal Suffrage League. Served as first chair of the League of Women
Voters in the year 1920. She became president of the League in 1921.
1922: was appointed to the Commission on the
Simplification of State and Local Government.
1926: appointed to the Liberal Arts College for Women
Commission.
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Statue: Virginia State Capital, Capitol Square, 1000
Bank St, Richmond, Virginia
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Historical
marker: Brook Rd, Richmond, Virginia
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Grave site:
Emmanuel Episcopal Church Cemetery, Brook Hill, Virginia
http://www.lva.virginia.gov/exhibits/destiny/notable/clark.htm
Accessed July 8, 2019
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/35124173/adele-goodman-clark
Accessed July 8, 2019
https://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=47379
Accessed July 8, 2019
http://womensmonumentcom.virginia.gov/index.html
Accessed July 8, 2019
Born 1744 in Massachusetts
Died: 1818
Adams served as First Lady from 1797 to 1801. She was
married to President John Quincy Adams.
It is noted that one of the letters written to her
husband, President Adams, encouraged him to “remember the ladies”. That women
should be able to claim their own liberty. She expressed that she thought it
wrong that women could not own property and that unlimited powers should not be
given to husbands. She apparently went on to say that if attention is not paid
to the ladies there would for sure be a rebellion and, “will not hold ourselves
bounds by any laws in which we have no voice or representation.”
·
Statue: A
statue of Abigail Adams and her son: 1306 Hancock St, Quincy, Massachusetts.
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Statue: A
statue of Abigail Adams, Boston Women’s Memorial, Commonwealth Avenue Mall,
Boston, MA
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Portrait & Profile: in the National Women’s
Hall of Fame, 76 Fall
St, Seneca Falls, NY 13148
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BIRTHPLACE: 180 Norton St, North Weymouth, Mass.
The actual home, built in 1685 is now a part of the Abigail Adams Historical
Society in Weymouth. Abigail lived there until she was 20 years old.
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GRAVESITE: United First Parish Church in Quincy,
MA
Abigail is on the 22c stamp, unveiled June 14, 1985
http://www.firstladies.org/biographies/firstladies.aspx?biography=2
Accessed March 2018
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/4/Abigail-Adams
Accessed March 2018
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Abigail-Adams
March 2018
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Born 1881 in Georgia
Died: 1991 (age 110)
Milton advocated for a woman’s right to vote. She was the
“Tennessee League of Women Voters” first president. In 1924 Abby, along with
her step-son, managed the Chattanooga News until the 1930s. She spent her later years writing.
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Statue:
Centennial Park, 2500 West End Ave, Nashville, TN
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Statue:
Tennessee Women’s Suffrage Memorial, Market Square, Knoxville, Tennessee
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Historical Marker: downtown Chattanooga,
Tennessee in a small park near: 100 McCallie Ave, Chattanooga, TN
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Grave Site: Forest Hills Cemetery in
Chattanooga, TN
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/116531309/abby-milton
Accessed July 7, 2019
https://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=74631
Accessed July 7, 2019
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Since I originally published my book more statues have been erected! Especially in the New York area. But this was the standings at the time I published my findings:
New
York State: 30 statues honoring individual real women
California:
26 statues honoring individual real women
Washington
DC: 22 statues
Massachusetts:
13 statues
Oklahoma:
12 statues
Virginia:
11 statues
Illinois:
9 statues
Colorado:
8 statues
Texas:
8 statues
Pennsylvania:
8 statues
Tennessee:
7 statues
Utah:
6 statues
Oregon:
6 statues
Kentucky:
6 statues
Arizona:
5 statues
Florida:
5 statues
Hawaii:
5 statues
New
Jersey: 5 statues
South
Carolina: 5 statues
Ohio:
5 statues
Wyoming:
4 statues
Missouri:
4 statues
Nebraska:
4 statues
Michigan:
4 statues
Washington:
State: 3 statues
Connecticut:
3 statues
Nevada:
3 statues
New
Hampshire: 3 statues
Louisiana:
3 statues
Minnesota:
3 statues
Georgia:
3 statues
Idaho:
3 statues
Wisconsin:
2 statues
Indiana:
2 statues
Iowa:
2 statues
Maine:
2 statues
Maryland:
2 statues
Montana:
2 statues
Alabama:
2 statues
Arkansas:
2 statues
Alaska:
1 statue
New
Mexico: 1 statue
Mississippi:
1 statue
Kansas:
1 statue
West
Virginia: 1 statue
Vermont:
1 statue
Rhode
Island: 1 statue
North
Dakota: 1 statue
North
Carolina: 0
Delaware:
0
South
Dakota: 0
The
United States has at least 267 statues of real women. These statues are of
individual, real women who lived. I have included a description and short bio
on each of these outstanding women and I included the address for each site.
What sites are in your area?
During
my research I found many other historical markers, museums and monuments
honoring individual women, raising the profiles included in this book to 363.
At the end of the book you will find a state by state guide which not only
includes the 363 women profiled that are in your state but also the location of
Woman Veteran’s Memorials and other memorials and museums that honor the contributions
made by women.
What criteria had to be met to be included as one of the 363
Profiles?
1.
There
had to be a location you could physically visit.
2.
The
location had to be in the United States.
3.
The
location had to be in honor of a named woman that lived. Not simply a
representation of the female gender.
The women honored across the United States were born in a total of no less than 20 different countries:
There
was a portion of the women with an unknown birthplace.
About
284 of the women were born in the United States.
Nine
were born in the United Kingdom.
Six
born in Canada.
Four
ladies were born in Italy.
Three
from Germany.
Three
from Ireland.
Two
from Mexico.
One
from Africa.
One
from France.
One
from Chile.
One
from China.
One
from Egypt.
One
from The Netherlands.
One
from Lithuania.
One
from Ukraine.
One
from the Roman Empire.
One
born in Russia.
One
born in Poland.
One
was born in Luxembourg and one was born in North Macedonia.
State
by state I also listed memorials and monuments to Women Veteran’s, Pioneers and
more. I found and included 62 museums throughout
the United States that honor women or an individual woman. I hope you will
check them out! You will find many Historical Markers throughout the book that
marks the spot of an important site honoring a woman.
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Instead of getting defensive, how about we learn some facts about the statues we actually do have.
What women have statues?
Who has been represented?
Does your state have statues?
Which states do not have any?
[excerpt] The women honored across the U.S. were born in a total of no less than 20 different countries.
I also include 62 museums in the United States that honors real women who lived. Do you know where they are and which women they honor?
Do you know which state has the most statues?
Did you know only 12 First Ladies have statues, busts or are honored with a historic plaque? Which ones?
Find out which woman has more statues than any other woman. The top three women with the most statues include a black woman, a native american and a woman not from the United States.
It is also interesting to note that the birth date of the statues span from 69 BC to as recently born as 1978.
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The first known woman to be appointed as a mail carrier was SARAH BLACK in April of 1845. She lived in Charleston, Maryland and her an...
